Hacker inside Google

If you get bored with the standard Google start page, try something new today, at Google and Hacker.

OWASP.org and Hacked !!

A very popular "hacked" picture in OWASP::Papers section.

cal 9 1752

Try type the command "cal 9 1752" on any UNIX/Linux OS. Do you get this?
Notice 11 days missing? This isn't a bug. It is a bug if you don't get something similar to the above output.

In case you can't get the answer from your man(ual) page (try "man cal"), here's why:

The Gregorian reformation was adopted by the Kingdom of Great Britain, including its possessions in North America (later to become eastern USA), in September 1752. As a result the September 1752 cal shows the adjusted days missing. This month was the official (British) adoption of the Gregorian calendar from the previously used Julian calendar. This has been documented in the man pages for Sun Solaris as follows. "An unusual calendar is printed for September 1752. That is the month 11 days were skipped to make up for lack of leap year adjustments." The Plan 9 from Bell Labs manual states: "Try cal sep 1752."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_(Unix)

Bypassing Google Pack

Google forces you to install Google Pack. It isn't a bad idea to install it if the Google Updater works behind a company proxy which ask for password.

If you're having trouble installing software through the Updater, you should be able to install most Pack software using standalone installers from Google support page at:

• http://www.google.com/support/pack/bin/answer.py?answer=33587&topic=12699

Download Firefox 3 NOW

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Although the Firefox homepage at Mozilla site still show the current stable download version as 2.0.0.14, you can actually start download the version 3 using the link below (Windows version):

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US

You can also help to set a Guinness World Record by simply goto http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/